Coming Soon!

April 4-8 at 8:00 PM
LYSISTRATA
by Aristophanes
Adapted by: Ranjit Bolt
Directed by N. J. Stanley

 

**For Mature Audiences: Explicit Language and Adult situations.**

Under the feisty leadership of Lysistrata, the women of Athens and Sparta unite to attempt the unattainable: stop war. Since the ever-embattled men of Greece seem incapable of peaceful co-existence, their women determine to take matters into their own hands, and Lysistrata’s absurd yet admiringly plausible scheme leads to mayhem and madness. Aristophanes’ ancient advice, concocted in the mind of his heroine, Lysistrata, to make love, not war resonates in our contemporary world. This new adaptation by Ranjit Bolt of one of the Western world’s greatest comedies is raucous, bawdy, and irresistibly funny. It also hits home.

From the Director:

“Aristophanes is perhaps our best comic playwright--and the man has been dead for over 2,000 years! This play has all the elements that make great comedy: a painfully human yet ridiculous situation, hilarious characters, witty dialogue, and physical antics. In the spirit of this new adaptation of Lysistrata by Ranjit Bolt, the Lycoming production will reverberate with the sights and sounds of the world in which we live today.”